Margery
daughter of Sir John de Hotham III and Agnes de Heslerton, married Adam
Coppendale, son of John de Thornton Coppendale, a merchant of Beverley. In his
will dated on the feast of St. Peter and Paul, 1343, in which he styles himself
"John Thorneton Coppendale,"
of Beverley, merchant he leaves his armour and two parts of his ploughed land
and meadow in Beverley and Woodmansey, which he has by the feoffment of William
Barde of Osgodby and Joan his wife to his son Adam and Margery his wife,
daughter of Sir John de Hotham, knight, junior, of Scorborough with remainder
to their children [1].
[1] J. Raine, ed., Testamenta
Eboracensia: A Selection of Wills from the Registry at York, Vol. IV,
Surtees Society 53, 1869, 7n.
Adam de
Coppendale of Beverley, the son and heir of John de Thornton Coppendale,
merchant of Beverley, was born about 1315 [1].
He married Margery, daughter of John de Hotham III before 1343 when John de
Thornton Coppendale in his will left his armour; and two parts of his ploughed
land and meadow in Beverley and Woodmansey, which he had by the feoffment of
William Barde of Osgodby and Joan his wife to the children of his son Adam and
Margery his wife, daughter of Sir John de Hotham, knight, junior, of Scorborough
[2].
His uncle,
another Adam de Coppendale, merchant of Beverley, was murdered in Beverley
before May 1336, by Thomas de Manby and Robert Seton [3].
Before 1336, most references to Adam de Coppendale, probably refer to Adam the
uncle. On 3 June 1336, John Copandale the elder, John Copandale the younger,
Thomas de Ryes and their men and servants following all persons concerned in
the murder of Adam de Copandale, brother of the said John and John, had
protection for two years [4].
John de Thornton Coppendale was either John the elder, or John the younger. He
used the 'de Thornton' name to distinguish himself from his brother John.
On 4 July
1347, the sheriff of York was ordered by the king to attach Thomas Coppendale,
Adam Coppendale of York, Adam Tirwhit of Beverley, the elder, and William Graa
of York and to have them before the council on the morrow of St. Margaret the
Virgin next [5].
Apparently these merchants had disregarded the king's order about advancing him
money. The order to attach them by distraining their goods and land was
superseded on 10 August 1347 [6].
In October
1352, Gerard Salvayn of Harswell, knight, owed £48 to Thomas Coppendale, the
elder, and Adam Coppendale his brother, merchants of Beverley [7].
At Easter,
1353, Adam Coppandale son and heir of John Thornton Coppandale of Beverley sold
3 tofts, 7 bovates of land, 11 acres and 1 rood of meadow in Esteluele,
Westeluele, and Feryby to Thomas de Preston of Beverley, chaplain [8].
In August 1353, Adam son of John Thornton Coppendale and Adam son of William
Coppendale, with many others, were imprisoned in York castle, accused of
felonies, trespasses and misdeeds in Yorkshire [9].
In February 1354, Adam Coppendale, the son and heir of John de Thornton
Coppendale of Beverley owed £100 to Adam Coppendale the son of William
Coppendale, the elder, of Beverley [10].
On 27
December 1366, Adam de Coppendale of Beverley had licence to crenellate his
dwelling-place in Beverley [11].
In June 1373, Adam Coppendale of Beverley witnessed a charter of Robert
Hansard, son of Sir Robert Hansard, granting the manor of Blacktoft and other
lands to John de Rochford and Beatrice his wife [12].
Among the other witnesses were Sir Thomas de Sutton who married another
daughter of John de Hotham III.
In 1377, Adam
Coppendale and Thomas Beverley were collectors of the unpopular poll-tax in
Beverley, which was resented by the merchants and tradesmen of the town [13].
In June 1381, this ill-feeling led to riots and Adam and other rich merchants
of the town were forced by death threats to sign bonds in favour of Richard de
Middleton, alderman, Thomas White and Henry Newark, chamberlains of Beverley [14].
Adam and the other merchants fled to London to plead their case in the royal
courts. In their plea to Parliament, Adam Coppendale and Thomas de Beverley
stated that various rioters took the common seal of the town and forced them to
make various bonds against their will. They also replaced the usual governance
of the town which was by 12 men elected annually on St Mark's day, with an
alderman and two chamberlains (Middleton, White and Newark) [15].
In December 1381, Thomas de Beverley, Adam Coppendale and five others had
protection until Easter until their plea could be determined [16].
On 9 October
1383, Adam Coppandale, who was 68 years of age, was exempted for life from
being put on assizes, juries, inquisitions or recognisances, and from being
made mayor, sheriff, escheator, coroner collector, taxer, controller or
assessor of tenths, fifteenths or other subsidy, arrayer, leader or trier of
men-at-arms, hobelers or archers, justice of the peace or of labourers, or
other minister of the king, against his will [17].
On 31 August 1389, Adam Copandale the elder and Thomas Beverley were among the
witnesses to a grant of a messuage in Keldegate, Beverley [18].
Note: It is not certain that the Adam
Coppendale who died after 1383 was the son of John de Thornton Coppendale.
There was at least one other Adam Coppendale in Beverley; Adam son of William
Coppendale the elder. It was this Adam who was one of the twelve elected burgesses
of Beverley in 1359 [19].
[1] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II:
vol. 2: 1381–1385 (1897), 317–8. He was stated to be aged 68 in October 1383.
[2] Raine, Test. Ebor. IV,
7n.
[3] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 3: 1333–1337 (1898), 582.
[4] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 3: 1334–1338 (1895), 272.
[5] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 8: 1346–1349 (1905), 360.
[6] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 8: 1346–1349 (1905), 370.
[7] TNA:
C 241/130/68.
[8] Baildon, Feet of Fines Yorks
1347-1377, 39.
[9] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 9: 1350–1354 (1907), 516.
[10] TNA:
C 241/133/165.
[11] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol.
13: 1364–1367 (1912), 252.
[12] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 13: 1369–1374 (1911), 580.
[13] R. H. Hilton and T. H. Aston, The
English Rising of 1381 (Cambridge University Press, 1987), 130.
[14] Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 2: 1381–1385 (1920), 43.
[15]
TNA: SC 8/266/13260, SC 8/168/8356.
[16] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 2: 1381–1385 (1897), 66.
[17] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 2: 1381–1385 (1897), 317–8.
[18] William Brown, ed., Yorkshire
Deeds Vol. 3, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series 63, 1922, 31,
No. 87.
[19] Arthur F. Leach, ed., Beverley
Town Documents, Selden Society 14 (London, 1900), 1.
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